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Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (2-0-1) vs. Florida Panthers (1-0) Time: 7:38 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Rob Rossi is covering the game, and I’ll be writing my Wednesday column off it.

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Tuesday column — an extra one this week — is about Marc-Andre Fleury’s place in the Penguins’ lore, and it’s part of our special eight-page section on the day of the home opener. All the rest of our stuff can be found here. >> We’re not going [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> My Monday column is off the Steelers’ seriously thorough pounding of Tennessee, notably Ben Roethlisberger’s role in it. The quarterback was truly exceptional. But was it real? That’s a question I raise near the end of the piece without really answering it, so I’ll leave you to fill [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (2-0) vs. Edmonton Oilers (season opener) Time: 9:08 p.m. Site: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe is covering the game without a helmet, a la Craig MacTavish.

Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Steelers (2-2) vs. Tennessee Titans (3-1) Time: 1:02 p.m. Site: Heinz Field TV, radio: CBS, WDVE-FM, ESPN Radio 970 Weather: 70 degrees, beautiful. We’ll keep the roof open, thanks. Here is the official live summary, and here are news updates on our Steelers page. Feel free, as always, to use [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (1-0) vs. Calgary Flames (season opener) Time: 10:08 p.m. Site: ScotiaBank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe is covering the game while wearing a fake Lanny McDonald mustache.

Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Pitt (3-2, 1-0 Big East) vs. Rutgers (3-1, 1-0) Time: 3:35 p.m. Site: High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, N.J. TV, radio: ESPNU, 93.7 The Fan Weather: 72 degrees, beautiful Here is the official live summary, and here are news updates on our Pitt page. Feel free, as always, to [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> Say this for James Neal: For as few goals as he’s produced since coming to the Penguins, the guy is just all over the puck. In a game where both teams visibly tired last night in Vancouver, Neal just kept going and going. (As did Kris Letang.) Even [...]

Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins vs. Vancouver Canucks, season opener Time: 10:08 p.m. Site: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia TV, radio: Versus, 105.9 The X. Here is the official live summary. News updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe is covering the game in full riot gear.

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> The Penguins begin their 47th season with a 10 p.m. game in war-torn Vancouver, and my outlook for the team is just about as rosy as most others. If Sidney Crosby is healthy — the phrase that will precede almost any view this year — there will an [...]